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If I forget to take my magnesium at night, I get twitchy legs and I wake up in the middle of the night. I wouldn't really describe it as "cramping", but kind of.
I agree with some of the others - try upping your electrolytes. Magnesium improves your sleep, even if it does nothing for the cramping, and like SophieScreams says, regular morning poops are an added bonus, so I would give it a shot. Most people are deficient anyway.
I've been going through a lot of bone broth, love the stuff, but not before exercise. I will make a point to have some with my breakfast before my 6am group training session. I know many here do fasted exercise but that's never worked well for me, once I've been primal a few more months I will try it again.
I will look into your suggested supplement ideas. The cramping doesn't happen every night - and I don't have varicose veins or twitchy legs, so am pretty confident that I am missing something in my diet - but when it happens it is pretty intense. I do have regular morning poops already :)
I just put a couple of days into CRON-O-Meter and found that I am only getting a little more than half of recommended Magnesium, and a bit less than half of Potassium. This is likely the root of my problem, along with not drinking enough water. I suspect the shin rather than calf cramping is related to my gym work.
I've ordered the CALM Cherry Magnesium supplement from Amazon. My calcium is also pretty low, but I want to do more research before I go to supplementation. I've read conflicting reports on that approach.
My B6 intake is over 100%, my B1 and Folate intake is just a little low, I am sure I can take care of this through diet. Vitamin A and K are both way off the charts, but it is all dietary and I am sure my body is just dumping what it doesn't need (I assume). Selenium and Zinc are both fine.
Does any of that sound unusual/something I need to address? I am unaccustomed to even thinking about micronutrients...
[QUOTE=RitaRose;966841]If I forget to take my magnesium at night, I get twitchy legs and I wake up in the middle of the night. I wouldn't really describe it as "cramping", but kind of.
I agree with some of the others - try upping your electrolytes. Magnesium improves your sleep, even if it does nothing for the cramping, and like SophieScreams says, regular morning poops are an added bonus, so I would give it a shot. Most people are deficient anyway.[/QUOTE]
Oh, you have the dreaded Restless Legs Syndrome! Big Pharma would like to have a word with you...step away from the magnesium...that's right, nice n slow...we have a pretty little pill for you...don't read the fine print...only need another three drugs to counteract the side effect of our jimmy leg pills...
:)
[QUOTE=Miscellangela;969964]Oh, you have the dreaded Restless Legs Syndrome! Big Pharma would like to have a word with you...step away from the magnesium...that's right, nice n slow...we have a pretty little pill for you...don't read the fine print...only need another three drugs to counteract the side effect of our jimmy leg pills...
:)[/QUOTE]
They've already got me for the Imitrex when I forget to take the magnesium (or a "friend" lies about what's in the food) and I get a rager of a migraine. They're not getting any more money out of me! Not that they need it or anything...
;^)
I get weakness in my legs, and 'tightness' in my calf muscles. Is there any dangers of taking magnesium oil, if i am not infact magnesium deficient? Like any OD type of concerns?
I also wake up after about 6hrs of sleep and i'm in and out after that which is annoying.
[QUOTE=zizou;970186]I get weakness in my legs, and 'tightness' in my calf muscles. Is there any dangers of taking magnesium oil, if i am not infact magnesium deficient? Like any OD type of concerns?
I also wake up after about 6hrs of sleep and i'm in and out after that which is annoying.[/QUOTE]
It's really rare to find someone that [I]isn't [/I]magnesium deficient. It just isn't in the soil much anymore, so it doesn't get into our food the way it used to. Monocropping sucks.